Crock Pot Angel Chicken (Printable Version)

Creamy slow-cooked chicken with rich sauce over tender angel hair pasta

# What You Need:

→ Chicken

01 - 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

→ Sauce

02 - 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
03 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
04 - 1 (10.5 oz) can condensed cream of chicken soup
05 - 1 (0.7 oz) packet Italian dressing mix
06 - 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth

→ Pasta

07 - 1 lb (16 oz) angel hair pasta

→ Garnish (optional)

08 - 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
09 - Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

# Method:

01 - Place chicken breasts in the bottom of the crock pot in a single layer.
02 - In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add cream cheese and stir until smooth and fully melted.
03 - Stir in the cream of chicken soup, Italian dressing mix, and chicken broth. Continue stirring until well combined and smooth.
04 - Pour the sauce evenly over the chicken breasts in the crock pot.
05 - Cover and cook on LOW for 4-5 hours, or until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
06 - About 20 minutes before serving, cook the angel hair pasta according to package directions. Drain well.
07 - Remove the chicken from the crock pot and shred or leave whole, as desired. Stir the sauce in the crock pot to blend.
08 - Serve the chicken and sauce over cooked angel hair pasta. Garnish with chopped parsley and black pepper, if desired.

# Expert Tricks:

01 -
  • The sauce develops this incredible depth that tastes like you spent hours at the stove, even though it practically made itself
  • Leftovers somehow taste even better the next day, when the flavors have had even more time to become best friends
02 -
  • Do not be tempted to cook this on HIGH to speed things up because the chicken will turn tough and dry, defeating the whole purpose of using a slow cooker
  • Stirring the sauce halfway through cooking can help prevent any separation, especially if your slow cooker runs hot
03 -
  • Full-fat cream cheese makes a noticeably creamier sauce, and since this is already comfort food, just go for it
  • Grease your slow cooker insert lightly or use a liner, because that cheese sauce can stick stubbornly after hours of slow cooking

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